Polansky

Pace got the tape through the veteran John Mantingh but originally it was made by the former Dutch civil servant Edward Polansky who worked in Sorong, the Radja Ampat Islands and in Teminabuan who made it as a Radio Broadcast from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea in the early sixties and send to friends in the Netherlands. After the copying the tape, it was returned to John Mantingh but unfortunately without any scans and notes about the tape itself.
Side A starts with music and an announcement “Here is Rabaul in Papua New Guinea and we will play some songs from former Dutch New Guinea, from West Papua and the voice of West Papua in exile. Excuses for the bad sound quality”. Dari ombak besar and Hai Tanakuh Papua are played. A story about other Papua in exile is followed by a Dutch song on New Guinea and a rowing song from Biak. After 9’00 he changes to songs from Polynesia, Fidji, Raratonga, the Maori’s, Solomon Islands, and his own recordings from Tonga and Rabaul all with extensive comments and then after 43’00 more songs follow with La Paloma in the pacific version and a Maori goodby song.
The digitised tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.

Side A is 48’01

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